‘Few extra dollars in his pocket’ leads man to a big lottery win in Maryland
With “a few extra dollars in his pocket,” a Maryland man decided to try his luck and buy some lottery tickets — and it’s a good thing he did.
When the Hyattsville man was at a 7-Eleven in College Park, he bought “a series of Bonus Match 5 quick pick combinations,” Maryland Lottery officials said in an April 23 news release.
He spent $6 buying nine different combinations, lottery officials said.
The man checked his lottery ticket using the lottery app on his phone, but a dollar amount didn’t appear on screen, lottery officials said.
Instead, he got a message telling him to visit lottery headquarters.
“I figured it would be big,” the man told lottery officials.
Sure enough, he was right; one of his $1 combinations scored him a $50,000 prize, lottery officials said.
The winner told lottery officials he plans to use some of his winnings “to treat his mother and girlfriend to a steak dinner.”
Hyattsville is about a 30-mile drive southwest from Baltimore.
This story was originally published April 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM with the headline "‘Few extra dollars in his pocket’ leads man to a big lottery win in Maryland."
